A42MX36-PQG208 Microchip A42MX36-PQG208 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) 176 I/Os 1184 Logic Elements/Cells 320B 131MHz

Microchip A42MX36-PQG208 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) Overview

The Microchip FPGA 42MX Family is a versatile and powerful Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) designed for a wide range of applications requiring high performance and flexibility. With 54,000 gates and 1,184 logic cells, this FPGA operates at frequencies up to 131MHz, making it ideal for complex digital designs. Housed in a 208-pin PQFP package, it supports both 3.3V and 5V supply voltages, ensuring compatibility with various systems. The FPGA’s robust architecture and reliable performance make it a preferred choice for engineers looking to implement custom logic solutions in their projects.

Key Features of Microchip A42MX36-PQG208 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)

• Optimized to 176 I/O Pins for Enhanced Connectivity, improving robustness in practical applications.
• Designed to wide Operating Voltage Range (3V to 5.25V), helping ensure consistent and reliable operation.
• Optimized to 208-Pin PQFP Package for Surface Mount Applications, improving robustness in practical applications.
• Optimized to 54,000 Gates and 1,184 Logic Cells, improving robustness in practical applications.
• Built to max Operating Frequency of 131MHz, making integration easier across a wide range of systems.
• Engineered to operating Temperature Range (0°C to 70°C), supporting dependable performance in real-world designs.
• Engineered to roHS Compliant for Environmental Safety, supporting dependable performance in real-world designs.

Microchip A42MX36-PQG208 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) Applications

Cameras / Vision / Imaging

• Often used in hDR multi-exposure merge for camera sensors — HDR merge, DDR, timing, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Commonly applied in privacy mask insertion for surveillance streams — mask, overlay, pipeline, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Often used in multi-camera stitching pre-align (feature matching assist) — features, warp, DDR, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Well-suited for line-scan camera deterministic trigger distribution — encoder, trigger, low skew, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.
• Often used in defect inspection: blob analysis and classification prefilter — connected components, features, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.

Motion Control / Drives / Robotics Control

• Commonly applied in multi-robot docking station controller — power control, GPIO, safety, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Often used in multi-axis PID loop accelerator for robot joints — PID, fixed-point, high-rate, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Often used in robot end-effector SPI sensor aggregator — SPI, GPIO, timestamp, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Often used in navigation filter assist (Kalman-like) for robotics — matrix ops, fixed-point, fusion, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Commonly applied in space-vector PWM timing generator for motor drives — SVPWM, deadtime, sync ADC, supporting stable and efficient system performance.

Medical / Healthcare Devices

• Commonly applied in cT detector readout aggregation and framing — high-speed ADC, SERDES, DDR, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Commonly applied in patient monitor isolated I/O hub and alarm gating — isolated IO, GPIO, watchdog, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Often used in defibrillator charge timing + ECG gating logic — timing, safety latch, ADC, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Often used in medical AI DICOM image pre-processing accelerator — DICOM, resize, normalize, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Commonly applied in medical systems use FPGAs for high-channel data acquisition, real-time DSP, imaging pipelines, and deterministic control in safety-critical instruments. They help meet tight latency/throughput needs in ultrasound, CT/MRI, and robotic surgery, supporting stable and efficient system performance.

Finance / Timing / Glue Logic & Misc

• Commonly applied in factory vision defect classification prefilter engine — vision DSP, ROI, low latency, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Often used in backplane management: sequencing + fault isolation logic — power sequencing, PMBus, GPIO, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Well-suited for ultra-low latency market data feed handler — 10G/25G, kernel bypass, timestamp, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.
• Commonly applied in legacy bus bridge (PCI ↔ custom I/O) controller — PCI, GPIO, DMA, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Commonly applied in order book build and update accelerator — binary parse, low latency, DDR, supporting stable and efficient system performance.

Security / Crypto / Trusted Hardware

• Commonly applied in authenticated debug/JTAG unlock controller — JTAG, challenge-response, debug security, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Often used in aES-GCM high-throughput encrypt/decrypt datapath — AES-GCM, 25G/100G, inline crypto, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Well-suited for secure camera link: encrypted payload + authenticated metadata — MIPI/CSI-2, AES, signatures, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.
• Well-suited for inline malware hash matching prefilter — hash match, streaming, DPI prefilter, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.
• Commonly applied in encrypted storage key wrapping/unwrapping engine — key wrap, AES-KW, HSM, supporting stable and efficient system performance.